Wednesday, 2:00 p.m. Eastern time
| | | Language is constantly evolving. AP style evolves with it. Join us this Wednesday, June 17 to hear what will appear in the new edition of the AP Stylebook, now at the printer. Gain insights from the Stylebook editor herself, Paula Froke, into how and why changes are made. Join us for this important webinar to get up to speed on what’s new in AP style. | Here are a few of the updates that will be discussed:
New guidance on climate change and global warming. Revised guidance on gun terms, including semi-automatic rifle, assault rifle and assault weapon. Lifting the ban on the commonly used term preheat to refer to heating an oven to a specific temperature before cooking. New guidance on climate change and global warming. A new entry that advises older adult(s) or older person/people are preferred terms over senior citizens, seniors or elderly as a general term. An entry on use of homeless and homelessness. Allowing the use of the plus symbol when it is pronounced as part of a company, brand or event name. |
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AP style is not set it and forget it. You don’t learn it once like arithmetic in elementary school. It evolves as language changes, and gains new words and phrases as they appear in news. Questions? Contact [email protected]. |
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